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subfunction

subfunction noun: a secondary or subsidiary function.

Noun

subfunction (plural subfunctions)

  1. A secondary or subsidiary function.
    • “Lost” is certainly to be granted its points for its subfunction as a soap opera this season.2009 May 13, Ginia Bellafante, “Where It’s 1977 and 2007 All at the Same Time”, in New York Times

subfunction meaning in Tamil

subfunction in Tamil

துணைப்பணி

Forms of subfunction

pluralsubfunctions

Origin of subfunction

From sub- + function.

Questions about subfunction

What does subfunction mean?
Subfunction means a secondary or subsidiary function.
What is subfunction in Tamil?
Subfunction in Tamil is துணைப்பணி. See Subfunction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subfunction?
Subfunction is a noun.
What is the plural of subfunction?
The plural of subfunction is subfunctions.

Words near subfunction in the dictionary

  1. subfulminant
  2. subfulvous
  3. subfumigation
  4. subfumigations
  5. subfumose
  6. subfunction
  7. subfunctional
  8. subfunctionalisation
  9. subfunctionalisations
  10. subfunctionalise
  11. subfunctionalised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subfunction (page history and authors); subfunction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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